External Legal Services

{
  "id": "057447-2026",
  "tag": [
    "tender"
  ],
  "date": "2026-06-18T10:55:29+01:00",
  "ocid": "ocds-h6vhtk-05521b",
  "buyer": {
    "id": "GB-CHC-XN85208",
    "name": "DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY"
  },
  "tender": {
    "id": "1923",
    "lots": [
      {
        "id": "LOT-0001",
        "value": {
          "currency": "GBP",
          "amountGross": 2000000
        },
        "status": "active",
        "suitability": {
          "sme": true
        },
        "awardCriteria": {
          "criteria": [
            {
              "name": "Price",
              "type": "price",
              "numbers": [
                {
                  "number": 30,
                  "weight": "percentageExact"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "name": "Quality",
              "type": "quality",
              "numbers": [
                {
                  "number": 70,
                  "weight": "percentageExact"
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        "contractPeriod": {
          "endDate": "2030-09-30T23:59:59+01:00",
          "startDate": "2026-10-01T00:00:00+01:00"
        }
      }
    ],
    "items": [
      {
        "id": "LOT-0001",
        "relatedLot": "LOT-0001",
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          {
            "region": "UKF21",
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            "countryName": "United Kingdom"
          }
        ],
        "additionalClassifications": [
          {
            "id": "79100000",
            "scheme": "CPV",
            "description": "Legal services"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "title": "External Legal Services",
    "value": {
      "currency": "GBP",
      "amountGross": 2000000
    },
    "status": "active",
    "documents": [
      {
        "id": "conflictOfInterest",
        "description": "Not published",
        "documentType": "conflictOfInterest"
      },
      {
        "id": "057447-2026",
        "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/057447-2026",
        "format": "text/html",
        "noticeType": "UK4",
        "description": "Tender notice on Find a Tender",
        "documentType": "tenderNotice",
        "datePublished": "2026-06-18T10:55:29+01:00"
      }
    ],
    "legalBasis": {
      "id": "2023/54",
      "uri": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents",
      "scheme": "UKPGA"
    },
    "techniques": {
      "frameworkAgreement": {
        "type": "closed",
        "method": "withAndWithoutReopeningCompetition",
        "description": "Allocation of work\nThe allocation of work will be based on one of two procedures - \"Direct Award\" and \"Further Competition\":\nDirect award\nThe University will contract directly with suppliers on the framework and will select the most appropriate supplier for provision of the services based on supplier suitability for the instruction at hand, and ability to meet the University's timelines. \nFurther Competition\nThe University may choose to complete requirements by way of further competition under the framework. The University will prepare a short outline of our requirements and send it out to the suppliers and ask them to quote for the work. Typically, this will be awarded to the most cost-effective and suitable supplier.\nNo pricing submitted as part of the 'further competition' may be above the Ceiling Rates (i.e., the prices quoted in the tender submission)"
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      "hasFrameworkAgreement": true
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    "awardPeriod": {
      "endDate": "2026-09-24T23:59:59+01:00"
    },
    "description": "De Montfort University (\"the University\") wishes to establish a new panel of external legal expertise and flexible resources to support the in-house legal services team to address gaps in existing legal expertise, periods of absence, lack of internal capacity, peak demand at short notice and projects. It is intended that this panel will comprise of up to three suppliers, with a contract duration of four years.\nThe University is conducting the procurement using the open procedure in accordance with the requirements of the Procurement Act 2023 (PA2023) for the purpose of procuring the services described in the Specification (Requirements).\nA Planned Procurement Notice has previously been published to the Find a Tender Service regarding this procurement, ref. 2025/S 000-034543.  \nMore details including the full Invitation to Tender pack are available on the In-Tend e-tendering portal: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/demontfort/aspx/Home",
    "tenderPeriod": {
      "endDate": "2026-07-23T12:00:00+01:00"
    },
    "aboveThreshold": true,
    "submissionTerms": {
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      ],
      "electronicSubmissionPolicy": "allowed"
    },
    "procurementMethod": "open",
    "mainProcurementCategory": "services",
    "submissionMethodDetails": "Tender response must be completed and uploaded to the In-Tend portal (https://in-tendhost.co.uk/demontfort/aspx/Home) by 12:00hrs, Thursday 23rd July 2026.\nIt is the Tenderer's responsibility to ensure that their Tender is complete, prepared and submitted in accordance with the instructions and requirements contained within this ITT and signed and dated where required.",
    "procurementMethodDetails": "Open procedure"
  },
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      "name": "DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY",
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      "address": {
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        "country": "GB",
        "locality": "Leicester",
        "postalCode": "LE1 9BH",
        "countryName": "United Kingdom",
        "streetAddress": "The Gateway"
      },
      "details": {
        "url": "http://www.dmu.ac.uk",
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            "id": "publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment",
            "scheme": "UK_CA_TYPE",
            "description": "Public authority - sub-central government"
          }
        ]
      },
      "identifier": {
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        "scheme": "GB-CHC"
      },
      "contactPoint": {
        "email": "procurement@dmu.ac.uk"
      },
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          "scheme": "GB-UKPRN"
        },
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          "id": "PDZY-8857-XDBL",
          "scheme": "GB-PPON"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "language": "en",
  "initiationType": "tender"
}